Poppy Fund helps in a big way

Poppy Fund helps in a big way

NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog

From left, the Oakville Trafalgar-Memorial Hospital (OTMH), represented here by Development Assistant Tenley Soares and Community Fundraising Officer Michelle Kerby receive a donation for $15,000 from Poppy Chairman Wally Trapler at the Bronte Legion on Wednesday afternoon.

The Oakville Trafalgar-Memorial Hospital (OTMH) received a donation of $15,000 from Poppy Chairman Wally Trapler at the Bronte Legion on Wednesday (Sept. 5) afternoon.

The Bronte Legion Poppy Fund donated a total of $65,000 to organizations such as the London Veterans Hospital, Sunnybrook Veterans Hospital, OTMH, and local hospices, Ian Anderson House and Carpenter House.

The funds will help the local agencies provide veterans and local citizens the care they need.